Revision-Short Essay-Book Review-The True Value of the Value Menu

“A nation’s diet can be more revealing than its art or literature (Fast Food Nation, p. 3)” emphasizes Eric Schlosser’s view of the enormous impact today’s focus on fast food has on our society. In his book he describes the fast food trend from its birth in California to its overtaking of our culture we [...]

Final Research Draft: Biodiesel’s Catch 22

When you go to the gas pump to fill your vehicle up, carbon dioxide toxins probably is not the first worry that pops into your head. More recently, the first concern of most people is that fast rising dollar sign on the pump. However, modern day environmental groups have been raising the issue of how [...]

Research Final Draft-Nature Knows Best: Green Space Can Help ADHD Symptoms

Most people enjoy walking through a park on a sunny day or hiking a woodland trail through the forest and taking in the sights, smells and sounds of nature.  However, for children suffering from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) studies are showing that simply playing in the park or hiking in the woods could possibly [...]

Revised Essay #2

Problems with air quality in big cities are expected, but air pollution problems in Fairbanks, Alaska, are not expected. Over the last decade Fairbanks air quality has been noticed by the EPA as one of the country’s most polluted cities during the winter months. Part of this problem is the increasing amount of homes using [...]

Essay#3-Book Review: America, Let’s Move (Revision)

Revision–original essay under required word count. Americans grow up with the belief that we are part of the greatest nation on Earth. A countless number of other countries see our America as the land for opportunity. With that image, we have the power to influence other nations’ governments and citizens. As a prominent country, we [...]

Research Final Farm Animals Overrun

Humans have become reliant on hormone enhanced meats for cheap and abundant food. Most agriculture production for animals has been using hormone altering medicines. The changes that are made through injections include faster muscle and growth development, resulting in more products in shorter time periods. Beef specific breeding of steers produce more meat than dairy [...]

Research Final Draft: Don’t Panic, Be Organic

When going shopping for groceries, what is the deciding factor on which fruit or vegetables should be bought? Is it whichever is on sale, or possibly which is the healthiest? What about livestock and produce? Does it matter whether it is organic or not? For the majority of people who take care of their family’s [...]

Research Paper Final Draft: The Island Made of Garbage

‘The Pacific Garbage Patch’ Littering has become a huge issue in the world now. Our world is becoming more polluted as the days passed by around the globe. Trash is building up around the world-changing as the months change. All of these issues are because of us, humans not caring enough about the world. We [...]

Research Paper Final Draft – Saving the environment one cup at a time

What’s the big deal? So what if millions of Americans each day consume the delicious, hot, caffeinated beverage we all know and love as coffee. Drinking coffee is a national pastime and more than 50% of Americans drink coffee everyday (Rome, N. 2002). It acts as our fuel source to kick off our day and [...]

Research Final Draft: This Drill Won’t Cause a Spill; Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

                 Does 7.14 billion barrels of economically recoverable oil seem like an immense amount (Baldwin, Gelb, Derner, 2006)? That is because 7.14 billion barrels of oil is an enormous amount. It also represents a highly significant amount of domestic production potential. That is the projected amount of barrels a day that could be drilled in [...]